DARMSTADT. 29. Route. 167 Schwalbach through the Wisperthal to Lorch (19 M.) on the Rhine (see p. 92). From Schwal bach to Wiesbaden (diligence twice daily, 15 Sgr. ; omnibus twice daily in 2 hrs., 1 fl.) there are two roads. The new road, now almost exclusively used, ascends by the course of the Aar to Blei denstadt and Hahn, then quits the valley, and traverses wooded heights towards the S.E. The old road crosses the Hohe Wurzel (near which is the Rothekreuzkopf, 1673 ft., a fine point of view) and passes the Chausseehaus (1184 ft.), where it unites with the road from Schlangenbad to Wiesbaden (p. 166). 29. From Frankfort to Heidelberg. Railway (station, see p. 147) to Darmstadt in 2–34 hr. (fares 1 f. 6, 42, 30 kr.), to Heidelberg or Mannheim in 2–3 hrs. (fares 3 fl. 33, 2 ſ. 21, 1 fl. 33 kr.). Express fares higher. Omnibuses and cabs, see p. 147. Seats on the left (E.) side of the train should be selected for the view. The country between Frankfort and Darmstadt is unattractive. Darmstadt (*TRAUBE (PI. a); DARMstädtER Hof (PI. b); +Post (P1, c), near the theatre; *HôTEL KöHLER (Pl. e), at the station; PRINz KARL (Pl. d). *Jochheim's Baths, adjoining the last hotel. – Restaurants: Stengers, opposite the station; Bihler; Finck; Stamm), the capital of the Grand Duchy of Hessen, with 39,605 inhab. (chiefly Protestants, including the suburb of Bessungen), was the capital of the Graf schaft of Katzenelnbogen, and a place of no importance, down to the close of the 18th cent. The Grand Duke Ludwig I. (d. 1830) erected the new part of the town with its handsome streets, and to him Darmstadt is indebted for its prosperity. In 1844 a Statue (Pl. 17), was erected to him by his ‘grateful people.’ It is borne by a column, 140 ft. in height, the summit of which affords a survey of the town and the flat environs (fee 18 kr.). The Schloss (Pl. 29), most of which dates from the middle of last century, is at the end of the Rhein-Strasse, which leads from the station into the town. The tower contains musical bells, which play every hour. The valuable Library consists of 450,000 vols., some MSS., and typographical curiosities (open 9–12 a.m. and 2–4 p.m.). The other *Collections (pictures, antiquities, natural history, costumes, and coins) are open on Tuesd., Wed., Thursd., and Frid. 11–1, on Sund. 10–1. UPPER Floor. The *Picture Gallery contains about 700 paintings (catalogue 45 kr.), many of which are of great value. Room I. : Modern pictures from the middle of last century to the present day, by Schmidt, Seekatz, Schütz, Morgenstern, &c., the earlier of which should be inspect ed in order to contrast them with the most modern school. To the 1. on entering (1st transverse partition): 126. Schilbach (d. 1851), Roman land scape: Second partition: #136. : Schirmer (d. 1863), Heidelberg Castle; 148, 149, 150, 151. Achenbach, Four small Dutch landscapes. Principal wall: (W.) 56. Seekatz (d. 1768), Twelfth Night; +157. H. Hofmann, Betrayal of the Saviour; *129. Steinbrück, Genovefa ; 145. Schön (d. 1867), Sunday morning in the Black Forest; (N.) Radl (d. 1852), 121. Cronberg, and 122. Falkenstein, both from the Taunus - Mts. (pp. 161, 162): 59. Seekatz, Children at the poultry yard; (E.) Schönberger, Sunset. — Room II. : Part ition: *46. Enhuber (d. 1867), Court day 3, #137. Lessing, Evening scene on the Moselle. Principal wail: (W.) #134. Morgenstern (d. 1867), Scene on the Isar: 155. Noack, Religious disputation between Luther and Zwingli 168 Route 29. DARMSTADT. From Frankfort at Marburg; (N.) Lucas (d. 1863), 132. Italian harvest scene, 130. The Melibocus seen from the Odenwald; 156. Schweich, Autumn morning; 154. Becker, Glacier lake in Norway. — Room III. Old German School. Par tition: Lucas Cranach (d. 1553), 244. Portrait of Cardinal Albert of Bran denburg in the character of St. Jerome; 249. Virgin and Child. 226. Hol bein the Founger (d. 1543), Bust of a youth; 188. Claeissens, Mary and Child. Principal wall: (W.) 189. School of Memling, perhaps Gerard Horebout (1538), Enthroned Mary and Child; 185. Unknown master, Dying Mary; 168. Stephan Lochner (d. 1451), the master of the Dombild at Cologne, Presentation in the Temple; 190. Unknown master, Mary on a seat of turf; (N.) 216. Reliquary from the church of Wolfskehlen, date 1500; (E.). 217. Schöngauer (d. 1488), Scourging of Christ; 224. Holbein the Elder (d. 1524), Body of Christ under the cross. -- Room IV. Netherlands masters. Par tition: 273. Quintin Massys, Portrait of a man and child; 328. Van Dyck (d. 1641), Portrait of the painter Erasmus Quellyn; 275. Nic. Neuchatel (d. 1600), Portrait of a surgeon; 271. P. Breughel (d. 1569), Landscape. Next partition: 337. Ph. de Champaigne (d. 1674), Bust of a man; 395. Paul Potter (?) (d. 1654), Interior of a stable. Principal wall: (W.) 385. Wuch ters (?), Portrait of a jeweller; 327. Van Dyck, Portrait of a lady; *296. Rubens (d. 1640), Diana with her nymphs returning from the chase; the nymph with the red robe is the master's first wife, the one with the hare his second; 386, 387. Eckhout (d. 1674), Portraits; (N.) 415. Erasmus Quel lyn (d. 1715), Alexander and Diogenes; (E.) 301. Snyders (d. 1657), Hunt ing scene. — Room V.: (N.) 286. Mierevelt (d. 1651), Bust of a woman; *318. Rembrandt (d. 1669), Portrait of his wife Saskia; 363. Teniers, Old man; (S.) 336, Ph. de Champaigne, Christ on the Mt. of Olives; 297. Rubens, Portrait of a clergyman; 340. Albert Cuyp (d. 1691), Shepherd-boy. — Room VI. Front of partition: 370. Van der Helst (d. Möſö, Bust of an old man; 315. Honthorst (d. 1668), Portrait of a lady. Back of partition: 378. Rembrandt (?), Woman cleansing her boy's head. Principal wall: (N.) *347. Christ about to be scourged; #369. Van der Helst, Portrait of a lady; 350. A. van Gelder, Presentation in the Temple; (S.) 424. Schalken (d. 1706), Portrait of William III. of England by torch-light; 349. Eckhout, The dis ciples at Emmaus. – Room VII. French works of inferior value: (E.) 489, 490. Van Loo (d. 1745), Portrait of Louis XV. and his Queen Maria Lesczinska; 511. Sonntag, View of Darmstadt in 1746 (taken from the window opposite); (N.) 488. Rigaud (d. 1743), Bust of Cardinal Fleury; Scheffer (d. 1809), 501. Bust of a clergyman, 502. Bust of Péthion, mayor of Paris. – Roost VIII. Spanish and Italian masters: (N.) 472. Poussin (d. 1675), Landscape; *520. Titian (d. 1576), Sleeping Venus ; (E.) 638. Velasquez, A child; (S.) 538. Lod. Caracci (d. 1619), Madonna instructing the Infant Jesus; 527. Correggio (d. 1534), Young shepherd. — Room IX. First partition (front): *641. Murillo (?) (d. 1682), Carthusian monk; 531. Da Novellara (d. 1587), Holy Family, formerly attributed to Perino del Vaga; 549. Guido Reni (d. 1624), Penitent Magdalene; 514. Perugino (d. 1524), St. Michael; 554. Bartol. Schidone (d. 1616), St. John in the wilder ness; 470. Claude Lorrain (1682), Landscape by sunset. Back of partition: 555. Domenichino (d. 1641), Peter denying Christ. Second partition: 570. Velasquez, Portrait of Cosmo II. de Medicis; 529. Bordone (d. 1571), Por trait of a general; 519. Titian, Portrait of an elderly man. Principal wall: (N.) 639. Velasquez, Mother of a dead child kneeling before a bishop; 560. Feti (d. 1624), St. Paul; +523. Raphael, (d. *} St. John in the wilder ness; 525. After Raphael, Madonna and Child; 469. Valentin (d. 1634), Mu sical party; 642. Unknown master, Angel escorting a maiden (ascribed to Primaticcio); (E.) 556. Domenichino, Nathan before David; 532. Paolo Veronese, Marriage at Cana, an old reduced copy of the large picture in the Louvre, perhaps by Paolo Farinati; Guercino, (d. 1666), 564. Penitent Magdalene, and (S., by the window) *563. St. Francis of Assisi. FIRST Floor. 1st Room: Roman Antiquities; a *mosaic pavement, 30 ft. in length ; 20 ft. in breadth, excavated near Vilbel in 1849; tools from the ancient lake - dwellings, &c. — 2nd Room: Cork Models of Ro man edifices and Rhenish castles, ancient ornaments in gold and silver, to Heidelberg. DARMSTADT. 29. Route. 169 goblets, enamel, *ivory and alabaster carving, stained glass, coins. – 3rd Room: Armour and weapons. – 4th Room: Model of the palace, co stumes and utensils of foreign nations, &c. — 5th Room: Drawings and engravings, ancient and modern; among the former are the sketches of Rottmann for the Italian landscapes in the arcades at Munich. Other rooms contain the valuable Collection of Minerals, Conchylia, and *Fossils: e. g. antediluvian animals found near Eppelsheim in Rhein hessen, and the skeleton of a mastodon, 13 ft. in height, purchased at Lon don in 1857. — Two side-rooms contain the Natural History Cabinet (ad mirable *collection of butterflies). To the N. of the Palace is the Herrengarten, or public grounds. To the r. on entering it is the Theatre (Pl. 31), burned down in 1871, to the 1. a military magazine. Between these are Statues (Pl. 18, 19) of the Landgrave Philip the Generous (d. 1567), and his son George I. (d. 1590), founder of the Grand-ducal family. In the Herrengarten to the r. is the tomb of the Landgravine Henrietta Carolina (d. 1774), mother of the queen of Frederick William II. of Prussia; the unpretending urn erected by Frederick the Great bears the inscription; “Femina seru, ingenio vir’. The modern Itom. Cath. Church (Pl. 12) in the Wilhelminen-Platz contains the well executed marble sarcophagus of the Grand Duchess Mathilde of Hessen (d. 1862), with recumbent figure of the princess by Widnmann. On the W. side of the Platz is the handsome Palace of Prince Ludwig (Pl.